Tailor&#39;s iron.



A.' DURAND.

TAILORS IRON.

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ALEXANEER DURAND, 0F LOS NGELES, CALEFORNEA.

TAELE-S MGH.

Specicatioii of Letters Patent.

Patented dan. 23, 1913.

Application led May 23, 1.916.` Serial No. 99,456.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, ALEXANDER DURAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful rlalOrs lron, of which the lfollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to tailors irons. lin the tailors art irons are used for the purpose of pressing clothing, these irons being used in combination with a certain amount of moisture which is ordinarily supplied to the clothing by sprinkling, or by the use of a wet cloth, this moisture being turnedv to steam as the face of the iron is passed over thev goods. i

The principal object of my invention is to i provide an iron which will generate its own steam as needed from ya suitable source of water supply.

A further object of, my invention is to provide an iron in which the steam is generated by the heatof the iron, and in which the amount ofsteam supplied may be readily controlled by the o erator.

A still further object of my invention is to provide means in such an iron whereby the amount of steam can be controlled by twisting the handle of the iron so that it will not be necessary to employ any special form of lnger or thumb operated valve.

A further object of the invention is to provide in a water supply pipe regulating means to prevent the ooding of the iron.

ln the accompanying drawing, l have illustrated, and in the following specification l describe, a gas heated iron, this heating feature forming no part of my invention which may be applied Ato an electric,

iron, or one otherwise heated, if desired.

In the drawin s which are for illustrative purposes only: igure 1 is an end view of'an iron embodying my invention as seen from the rear, a portion of the gas connection being broken away to better illustrate the invention. Fi 2 is* a side view of the iron illustrated in ig. 1, a portion of this iron being shown in section on a plane represented by the line :v2-m2 of Fig. 1, viewed in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 3 is a cross section on an enlarged scale of the valve means employed inmy invention.

ln the form of the invention illustrated in the drawings, an iron is shown consisting of a body 11, a top 12, and a heating means 13. Formed in the toe ofthe iron on the face thereof is a steam distributing channel 14, .this channel being closed by a dove-tailed plate 15 having a plurality of small holes 16 therein. Connected to the steam distributing, channel 14 by a small channel 17, is a steam well 18 in which a screen 19 is placed, the interior of this screen communieating through a small pipe 20 with the top of a steam chamber 21 -which is formed in the top of the iron 12. The steam chamber 2l is provided with a lower wall 22 having ribs 23 thereon, the wall 22 being directly over the heating element 13 which is preferably gas red. The heating element 13 consists of. a gas burner 24 which is provided .v with a mixer 25, this mixer being provided with air through openings 26 in an air supply pipe 27, and being provided with gas through a gas connection 28, the supply of gas being controlled by a gas valve 29. A. flexible hose, not shown, is secured to the gas connection 28 for the purpose of furnishing the necessary gas. Secured in the top of the iron is a front standard 30 and a rear standard 31. Passing through holes in these standards is a handle shaft 32, this shaft being provided with a button head on the front end thereof, and` being provided with a spacer 34 and a nut 35 on the other end thereof. A bracket lever 36 is secured to a wooden handle 37 which surrounds the handle shaft 32 and is located between the standards 30 and 31, `the bracketv lever 36 .being secured to the handle 37 by means of a screw 38. 'llhe bracket lever 36 is bent as shown in Fig. 2, extending up inside the standard 31 and over the top of the standard 31, and downwardly outside the standard 31 between the spacer 34 and the nut 35.

' Formed `on the extreme lowerv end of :the

lever 36 is a small in 39, this pinpassing through a hole in a at spring 40, this spring being secured to the top of the iron by means of a screw 41. Secured in the top of the iron is a water supply pipe 4 2, this water supply pipe extending up and being connected to a'water valve 43,'this valve consisting of an outer body 44 in which a plug 45 evolves, the plug having a small opening 46 which may be turned so as to shut od the supply of water, or may be turned in the body 44 to pass any desired amount of water. A lever 47 is secured to the plug 45, this lever also passing through a hole in the Hat spring40. Secured in the upper end of the valve 43 is a check valve 48, this valve having a small ball restrained therein meansy of a pin 50, the ball 49 being of the proper size to it solidly against a valve seat 51. A

water connection 52 is secured on the top of4 the check valvel 48 and a small diaphragm 53 is secured between the connection 52 and he check valve 48, the diaphragm 53 havmg a small hole 54 therein for the purpose A f of regulating the amount of water passing to the iron. A plug 55 is screwed in a ropening in thetop of the iron through'which water may be removed and through which ythe ipe 20 may be cleaned.

T e method of operation of the invention is as follows: Under normal conditions the spring 40 holds the various parts in the po-4 sition shown in full lines in lig.v 1, the valve l 44 being. closed in this position. yGras being supplied to the burner 13, the'. interior and face ofthe iron is heated, and the wall 22 is maintained in a highly heated condition. Whenever it vis desired to pass steam `into the fabric to be heated the operator turns v- 'the handle 37, through the lever 36 and forcing the flat spring 40 into the dotted position as shown in Fig. l, thus turning the plug so thatwater will be passed through the pipe 42 into the chamber 21. This water falls on the highly heated wall 22 and is converted into steam, 'this steam passing downwardly through the pipe 2()v into the'v #so that it cannot dow back into the water supply pipe.

l claim as my invention l. ln a tailors '1i-on; a heating element:

naiaeoa walls forming a steam generating chamber above said heating element; a water pipe connected into the top of saidsteam generating chamber; a' valve in said water pipe,

standards secured to the top of said iron; a

handle rotatably mounted in said standards;

a bracket lever rigidly secured to one end of y.'

said handle inside the rear standard, saidv bracket lever being bent over to projectf.

down outside said'standard; springmeans forl holding said' handle normally in the closed position; and means by. which said bracket lever actuates said valve.

2. In a tailors iron; a heating element; walls forming a steam generating chamber above said heating element; a waterv pipe connected into the tcp of said steam generating chamber; a valve in said water pipe,

standards secured to ythe-top of saidiron; a

handle rotatably mounted in said standards; a bracket lever rigidly secured to one end Vof 'said handle inside 'the rear standard, said`A bracket lever being1 bent over to project down outside said standard; and a flatr leaf spring secured to the top of said steam chamber and so connected to said bracket lever and said' valve as to hold them nor y mally in the closed position.

3. In a tailors iron; a heating element;

walls forming a steam generating chamber Aabove said heating element; a water pipe connected into the.. top of said steam generating chamber-; a ,valve in said water pipe,

standards secured'to the top of said iron; a

handle rotatablywmounted in said standards;

va vbracket lever rigidly secured. to 'said handle; spring y means for holding said handle normally in the vclosed position; and

means by which said bracket lever actuates I said valve.

ln testimony whereof, ll have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles, California, this 17th day of May, 1916.

' ALEXANDER DURAND. 

